400-Foot Tall Purple Platypus Bear by Huskymuffins

Format: Commander

Creator: Huskymuffins

Commander: Fire Lord Azula

Bracket: 2

DeckCheck Threat Index: 18

Deck overview

This deck is a Grixis Spellslinger Voltron strategy commanded by Fire Lord Azula. The game plan revolves around deploying Azula on Turn 4 and attacking on Turn 5. Azula's firebending ability generates two red mana during combat, which funds instant-speed pump spells that Azula copies upon casting. By doubling the impact of combat tricks like Titan's Strength, Run Amok, and Bulk Up, the deck can rapidly inflate Azula's power to threaten lethal commander damage against a single opponent. However, the list suffers from structural bottlenecks common to combat-trick strategies. Because it lacks creature tutors, high-impact payoffs like Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar cannot be consistently accessed. Furthermore, the deck runs minimal card draw engines, leading to severe hand depletion after the initial burst. Without countermagic or robust defensive layers, Azula remains vulnerable to spot removal, turning recovery into a multi-turn setback.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Ancestors' Aid
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Augur of Bolas
  • 1 Brineborn Cutthroat
  • 1 Brute Strength
  • 1 Bulk Up
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cormela, Glamour Thief
  • 1 Crosis's Charm
  • 1 Cunning Maneuver
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Dire Fleet Daredevil
  • 1 Dragon's Desire
  • 1 Dragonskull Summit
  • 1 Electric Revelation
  • 1 Fear
  • 1 Fevered Strength
  • 1 Fire Lord Azula
  • 1 Fire Nation Palace
  • 1 Firebending Lesson
  • 1 Firebending Student
  • 1 Flashback
  • 1 Flood of Recollection
  • 1 Frantic Search
  • 1 Frostboil Snarl
  • 1 Genji Glove
  • 1 Haste Magic
  • 1 Ice Magic
  • 1 Invoke Calamity
  • 11 Island
  • 1 Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar
  • 1 Kitsune's Technique
  • 1 Lash of Thorns
  • 1 Lightning Bolt
  • 1 Lightning Strike
  • 1 Lo and Li, Twin Tutors
  • 1 Maestros Charm
  • 1 Mind Transfer Protocol
  • 1 Mocking Sprite
  • 11 Mountain
  • 1 Murder
  • 1 Opt
  • 1 Overkill
  • 1 Panic
  • 1 Price of Freedom
  • 1 Redirect Lightning
  • 1 Resonating Lute
  • 1 Retro-Mutation
  • 1 Run Amok
  • 1 Scion of Stygia
  • 1 Sewer-veillance Cam
  • 1 Shock
  • 1 Sold Out
  • 1 Stolen Vitality
  • 1 Sugar Rush
  • 1 Sulfur Falls
  • 1 Suplex
  • 10 Swamp
  • 1 Syphon Fuel
  • 1 The Last Agni Kai
  • 1 The Rise of Sozin // Fire Lord Sozin
  • 1 Thought Scour
  • 1 Thrill of Possibility
  • 1 Thunder Magic
  • 1 Titan's Strength
  • 1 Traumatic Critique
  • 1 Treno, Dark City
  • 1 Undying Malice
  • 1 Unsummon
  • 1 Wizards of Thay
  • 1 Zuko's Exile